On January 4, 2018, UC Davis featured AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter's new research on how social protection programs can support resilience among small-scale agriculturalists in developing economies.

On January 4, 2018, ReliefWeb featured a report on AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter's new research that found insurance is the most effective way to increase the resilience of poor households facing weather-related risk while preventing other households from falling into poverty.